Tim - being lent the Velvet Underground "It's time you started listening to some good music"Alex - Piano Lessons forced upon adolescent me.Michael- learning stairway to heaven on guitar in third form (don't look at my shame)

How did you get together?

Tim - chillaxing
Alex - Uneventfully, we all attended the same school.
Michael- rising from the ashes of indie-pop sensations "Fox in French"

Generally building upon some kind of sweet riff, lyrics are always last. Usually a bass one.

Your Dream Collaboration?

A David Bowie and Morrissey dance battle.

Do you have any releases out or on the way?

A sweet sweet single coming out, recorded with Tyler Burke named after a bookclub which wasn't. Recorded in September. Um...used the time between takes to design the Nice Birds Official Clock, we take orders, $10.

What do you enjoy most about music?

No one thinks about it the same way so whatever you produce at least someone should dig it.

Whatâs the most interesting thing youâve learnt musically in the last year?

Tim - The Big Pink
Alex - Any band outside America with 'Crystal/s' in their name and/or song title.

Most underrated band at the moment?

Tim - FATANGRYMAN
Alex - Word.

The future holdsâ¦?

Tim-Only emptiness and pain/shows in Wellington and maybe Chch as well.
Alex - life.
Michael- Chances are good that something will be resolved about the place where you live, Scorpio, and whatever this solution or improvement is, it will not be apparent to the eye. In other words,
this could be an improvement in the electrical or plumbing systems,... this only applies to scorpios.

The state of music in NZ isâ¦.

Tim - A long way from glory days of Flying Nun but coming back slowly to at least a small degree of global relevance.
Michael- A long way from glory days of "How Bizarre" but coming back slowly to at least a small degree of global relevance.
Alex - 5/10. LOLZ AT MICHAEL